My Trails into the Past

Calling All Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night Again -  Time For Some More Genealogy Fun!! Our mission tonight from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:  1)   Today's challenge is to share memories of December holiday gatherings and celebrations with your families (as a child, a young adult, a parent, a grandparent, a great-grandparent, an aunt or uncle, a nibling, a cousin, an in-law)!   2)  Pick two or three questions from the list in my blog post:  Ask AI:  "What questions can I write about concerning family gatherings and celebrations during the December holidays?" 3)  Tell us about your memories of your holiday gatherings and celebrations in your own blog post, in a comment here, or on your Facebook page.  Be sure to leave a link to your report in a comment on this post. Here's mine: I chose these two questions: Did your family have traditions for how gifts were given or opened (e.g., all at once, youngest to oldest)? Wh...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's  Saturday Night  again - Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has our assignment for this weekend: 1) What are your most vivid memories of Christmas times past?  People, Church, Presents, Santa Claus, Shopping, whatever. 2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post.  Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post. Here's mine: There are lots of memories of past Christmases, but this post will focus on the Christmas Tree. As a Child Growing up, my mother liked artificial trees. When we lived in Pittsburg in the early 1960s, our fake tree was silver. She had coordinated colored balls. I think one year they were blue and another year gold. There was a colored spot light to shine on the tree, too. That house had a large picture window where this tree stood. Sadly, I have no photos of those trees. When we ...